A young man (Cory Michael Smith) returns from New York to his Texas hometown to celebrate Christmas with his conservative family. Struggling to reconcile his past with his present life, he reaches out to his estranged childhood girlfriend and must decide if he’s ready to be honest with his family, in spite of the consequences.

Brimming with stunning San Francisco energy and the enlightened effervescence of determined drag queens, this fascinating, heartwarming film documents the vibrant history of the Imperial Council, the oldest LGBTQ charity organization in the world.

A call for and celebration of women’s leadership and a stark look at the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence fuel this short, filmed at the Oakland Women’s March.

Despite the recent acceptance of Olympians like Gus Kenworthy, coming out can still have career-ending consequences for many athletes. This stirring documentary explores the paths of trans, lesbian, and gay athletes through the often hostile terrain of sports.

Eva (Oona Chaplin) announces she wants a baby, girlfriend Kat (Natalia Tena) has her doubts, Kat’s friend Roger thinks it’s a great idea—and so the games begin, on a barge floating through London’s waterways, in this fresh, funny, and thoughtful romantic comedy.

Lara is a struggling single mom whose life unexpectedly collides with that of a female refugee in this intensely moving drama—a Sundance award winner—from Iceland. As the two women find themselves falling outside society’s safety nets, they turn to one another to find a way out of their predicaments.

Meet Angela Wilson, a female butcher and the owner of Avedano’s, an independent butcher shop right here in the rapidly shifting landscape that is San Francisco.

Luna and Blaze, two queer and fabulous friends, have a falling out in 1996 and take 25 years to make up, in this upbeat, narratively propelled music video for the song "Bad Friend" by Cheese On Bread, featuring cameos by Mx Justin Vivian Bond and director Stephen Winter.

Dan Reynolds, the lead singer of the Grammy-winning alt-rock band Imagine Dragons, becomes an unlikely LGBTQ activist when he is forced to come to terms with the harmful impact of the anti-LGBTQ tenets of the Mormon faith, in which he was raised.

Gender- and sexually fluid shorts take center stage in this year’s batch of Bi Candy. From challenges in relationships and online dating to running into exes at parties, these shorts dive into expectations and personal hangups with honesty and humor.

This Teddy Award-winning documentary is a captivating, revealing view into the life and political artistry of Linn da Quebrada, a transgender Brazilian singer and performance artist whose daring, powerful style matches her equally daring social message of resistance and inclusion.

Struggling to pay his rent, a shy, aspiring stand-up comedian teams up with his best friend—who moonlights as a dominatrix—in this hysterical, touching, and kinky new episodic.

Brannan brings a whole new meaning to “double dating” when she inadvertently makes dates with two people on the same night.

When yuppie New Yorker David volunteers to be a “buddy” to an AIDS patient, the community center assigns him to a gay activist from California, in Arthur J. Bressan’s 1985 indie masterpiece, the first feature-length drama about AIDS. This is the world premiere of a new digital restoration.

Her mother called her ganda, “beautiful” in Tagalog. Her family and friends called her Jennifer. The U.S. Marine who killed her called her “it.” This piercing and poetic film calls for justice—for Jennifer Laude and for a country still haunted by its colonizers.

In their sixties, longtime female friends take to the provinces, one to search for a lost lesbian love and the other to escape arrest for the murder of her abusive partner, whose head she carries in a Louis Vuitton bag. Veteran Filipina beauty queen/actresses reunite for this gross-out—yet endearing—black road comedy.

Johannes introduces his new girlfriend Wilma to his sister Hanna. However, Wilma and Hanna are anything but strangers.

When 11-year-old Tomo’s mother abandons her, she seeks refuge with her uncle and his new girlfriend, a transwoman with a strong maternal instinct. In this poignant and affirming story, the three characters must weave themselves into a family, despite forces that strive to unravel them.

Pixar’s musically enchanting, Academy Award-winning journey to the afterlife and back follows 12-year-old Miguel, trapped in the Land of the Dead, as he races to find his way home—and discover his own voice—with help from skeletal ancestors and neon spirit animals.

These six short films that celebrate queer, trans, and non-binary youth and young adults of diverse backgrounds and experiences will inspire and delight as they take us through journeys with love interests, classmates, families, and communities.

Ali, a gay Lebanese probationary constable, is constantly at odds with her Muslim brother’s toxic behavior, but an unexpected encounter makes her rethink her battles.

Lesbian filmmaker extraordinaire, Madeleine Olnek, is finally becoming a household name. Frameline is thrilled to offer a free, open-to-the-public conversation with Olnek, exploring her career and accompanied by a curated selection of scenes from her films, followed by an extended Q&A and public dialogue.

With rich detail, keen insight, and astonishing poignancy, Kerby Lauderdale, a man in his late 70s, recounts the major events that shaped his life and identity as a gay man, in this intimate filmed conversation with filmmaker David Weissman (We Were Here, The Cockettes).

Dani is a non-binary “dragtivist” of Sri Lankan heritage who moved to San Francisco from Australia and challenges gender norms through their drag king performances.